गुजरात · शिक्षा और रोज़गार
Gujarat — education & jobs
How well Gujarat reads and writes, how far its women have studied, and what work its people do — every district on the map, from the Census, the National Family Health Survey and the Periodic Labour Force Survey.
33 districts · 2001–2024Source: Census · NFHS · PLFS
महिला साक्षरता
Female literacy · Census 2011
69.7%
+11.7 pts since 2001 · from 24 of 25 districts
साक्षरता अंतर
Gender gap · 2011
16.1 pts
Men 85.8% vs women 69.7%
बेरोज़गारी दर
Unemployment · PLFS 2023-24
1.1%
India 3.2%
महिला श्रम भागीदारी
Women's labour-force participation · 2023-24
35.8%
PLFS, usual status
Literacy, district by district साक्षरता · ज़िलेवार
Census of India · literates ÷ population aged 7+ · click a district
lit-y
lit
Female literacy 201161.1%67.4%75.8% No dataDistricts created after the census show no data
Selected district
Ahmadabad
Women
79.4%
2001: 70.8%
Men
90.7%
2001: 87.3%
All
85.3%
2001: 79.5%
Women literate · NFHS-5
81.5% (NFHS-4 82.2%)
Women 10+ yrs school
42.7% (NFHS-4 45.9%)
Highest · Female literacy
Women's education — NFHS महिला शिक्षा
National Family Health Survey district fact sheets · women aged 15-49
round
nfhs
Women literate (15-49) · 2019-2168.9%74.5%83.1% No data
Highest · Women literate (15-49)
Lowest — where to focus
Jobs & type of work रोज़गार · काम का प्रकार
Census of India · main + marginal workers · click a district
job-y
jobs
Women's work participation 201119.0%24.0%36.4% No data
Type of work · 2011
Ahmadabad72,14,225 people · WPR 36.0%
82%
10%
Gujarat (all districts)6,04,39,692 people · WPR 41.0%
49%
22%
28%
- Other workers — Industry, services, trade, government…
- Household industry — Family-run manufacturing & crafts
- Cultivators — Farm their own or leased land
- Agricultural labourers — Work on others' land for wages
Highest · Women's work participation
What changed, district by district बदलाव · ज़िलेवार
Census 2001 → 2011 · change in percentage points · blue = higher, red = lower · click a district
period
change
Women's literacy · Census 2001 → 2011-18.9 pts+18.9 pts· 0 = no change No dataNo change where either count is missing
Selected district
Ahmadabad
2001
70.8%
2011
79.4%
Change
+8.5 pts
Biggest rises · Women's literacy
Biggest falls · Women's literacy
No district fell.
Unemployment in Gujarat, year by year बेरोज़गारी दर
PLFS · usual status (principal + subsidiary), all ages · state-level survey (no district estimates)
| 17-18 | 4.8 |
|---|---|
| 18-19 | 3.3 |
| 19-20 | 2 |
| 20-21 | 2.2 |
| 21-22 | 2 |
| 22-23 | 1.7 |
| 23-24 | 1.1 |
LFPR 2023-24
49.6%
WPR 2023-24
49.1%
Women's UR 2022-23
1.3%
Where people work किस क्षेत्र में रोज़गार
PLFS 2021-22 · % of usually working persons by industry (NIC-2008)
61.1% of working women are in agriculture & allied work (PLFS 2023-24).
Every district तालिका
All measures side by side · “—” where the source has no figure for that district or year
| Surat | 80.4% | 66.4% | 85.5% | 9.2 | 84.2% | 81.0% | 44.0% | 42.0% | 15.3% | 81.3% | 4.3% | 12.8% |
| Ahmadabad | 79.4% | 70.8% | 85.3% | 11.4 | 81.5% | 82.2% | 42.7% | 36.0% | 13.6% | 82.0% | 5.5% | 10.4% |
| Navsari | 78.8% | 68.6% | 83.9% | 9.9 | 84.1% | 84.3% | 47.7% | 44.5% | 28.2% | 44.8% | 19.1% | 34.9% |
| Anand | 76.4% | 61.9% | 84.4% | 15.5 | 75.9% | 76.7% | 32.2% | 40.4% | 21.6% | 39.0% | 18.0% | 41.0% |
| Gandhinagar | 75.8% | 64.6% | 84.2% | 16.3 | 81.8% | 68.8% | 37.9% | 38.4% | 19.0% | 54.8% | 19.5% | 24.2% |
| Mahesana | 75.3% | 63.7% | 83.6% | 16.1 | 75.1% | 77.1% | 32.6% | 39.9% | 22.8% | 45.5% | 23.4% | 29.9% |
| Bharuch | 75.1% | 65.1% | 81.5% | 12.4 | 74.0% | 72.4% | 31.5% | 40.4% | 21.2% | 45.7% | 12.5% | 40.4% |
| Rajkot | 74.4% | 65.2% | 81.0% | 12.6 | 84.7% | 82.7% | 42.6% | 38.9% | 17.5% | 60.3% | 23.6% | 14.5% |
| Kheda | 73.5% | 56.9% | 82.7% | 17.8 | 70.9% | 70.9% | 24.2% | 40.6% | 23.3% | 34.5% | 25.6% | 38.5% |
| Valsad | 72.1% | 59.6% | 78.6% | 12.5 | 82.9% | 76.2% | 45.6% | 43.6% | 27.7% | 53.9% | 19.9% | 24.6% |
| Vadodara | 72.0% | 60.7% | 78.9% | 13.4 | 84.6% | 71.6% | 46.4% | 40.7% | 22.9% | 46.8% | 18.4% | 33.7% |
| Porbandar | 67.8% | 58.4% | 75.8% | 15.7 | 84.3% | 78.5% | 35.9% | 39.5% | 20.0% | 49.4% | 28.4% | 21.2% |
| The Dangs | 67.4% | 48.5% | 75.2% | 15.7 | 68.9% | 56.9% | 20.7% | 51.8% | 49.7% | 10.2% | 54.6% | 34.2% |
| Junagadh | 66.9% | 56.4% | 75.8% | 17.5 | 82.8% | 77.0% | 35.0% | 41.0% | 24.0% | 36.7% | 32.7% | 29.7% |
| Amreli | 66.1% | 55.8% | 74.3% | 16.1 | 77.2% | 76.7% | 27.2% | 43.4% | 27.4% | 31.8% | 35.3% | 32.0% |
| Bhavnagar | 66.1% | — | 75.5% | 18.3 | 74.2% | 66.5% | 26.3% | 40.0% | 22.4% | 49.3% | 20.2% | 29.0% |
| Jamnagar | 65.3% | 56.2% | 73.7% | 16.2 | 83.1% | 72.5% | 35.3% | 39.2% | 19.2% | 50.1% | 31.2% | 17.4% |
| Sabar Kantha | 64.7% | 52.3% | 75.8% | 21.8 | 74.5% | 68.2% | 31.1% | 44.7% | 34.1% | 34.4% | 33.8% | 30.8% |
| Narmada | 63.1% | 46.6% | 72.3% | 18.1 | 67.3% | 70.2% | 22.6% | 49.9% | 41.7% | 14.0% | 21.3% | 63.8% |
| Surendranagar | 61.5% | 48.1% | 72.1% | 20.7 | 75.1% | 66.5% | 23.3% | 41.2% | 25.9% | 35.6% | 25.6% | 37.4% |
| Tapi | 61.2% | — | 68.3% | 14.3 | 72.0% | 67.2% | 32.5% | 55.9% | 49.4% | 17.9% | 23.5% | 56.5% |
| Patan | 61.1% | 46.3% | 72.3% | 21.9 | 71.1% | 61.4% | 22.6% | 41.3% | 26.5% | 33.3% | 24.6% | 40.9% |
| Kachchh | 60.9% | 48.6% | 70.6% | 18.5 | 75.6% | 56.7% | 24.1% | 37.1% | 15.2% | 61.3% | 13.6% | 23.7% |
| Panch Mahals | 58.9% | 44.9% | 71.0% | 23.6 | 71.7% | 64.7% | 28.4% | 45.9% | 36.4% | 23.1% | 41.6% | 34.3% |
| Banas Kantha | 51.8% | 34.4% | 65.3% | 26.4 | 63.7% | 56.1% | 17.6% | 40.0% | 27.3% | 32.9% | 38.1% | 28.1% |
| Dohad | 47.7% | 31.3% | 58.8% | 22.4 | 56.1% | 52.2% | 23.1% | 47.0% | 43.3% | 16.3% | 38.9% | 43.9% |
| Aravali | — | — | — | — | 71.9% | — | 34.7% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Batod | — | — | — | — | 71.8% | — | 22.0% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Chhota Udaipur | — | — | — | — | 53.2% | — | 20.3% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Devbhumi Dwarka | — | — | — | — | 66.1% | — | 15.8% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gir Somnath | — | — | — | — | 73.1% | — | 30.8% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mahisagar | — | — | — | — | 70.9% | — | 33.9% | — | — | — | — | — |
| Morbi | — | — | — | — | 82.4% | — | 35.4% | — | — | — | — | — |
33 rows · click a column to sort
Source · स्रोत
- Primary Census Abstract 2011 - Gujarat — Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Primary Census Abstract, via Open Government Data Platform India
- Primary Census Abstract for each District of Gujarat, 2001 (24 district tables) — Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India — Primary Census Abstract, via Open Government Data Platform India
- India Districts Factsheets of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) - 5, 2019-2021 — International Institute for Population Sciences / Ministry of Health & Family Welfare — National Family Health Survey, via Open Government Data Platform India
- District-wise Key Indicators of NFHS-4 for Gujarat — International Institute for Population Sciences / Ministry of Health & Family Welfare — National Family Health Survey, via Open Government Data Platform India
- State/UT-wise Unemployment Rate (UR) (in Percent) according to usual Status (Psss) From the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) from 2017-18 to 2021-22 — National Statistical Office, MoSPI — Periodic Labour Force Survey (as laid before Parliament), via Open Government Data Platform India
- State/UT-wise Details of Unemployment Rate According to Usual Status (ps+ss) for Persons of All Ages in India as per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) from 2019-20 to 2023-24 — National Statistical Office, MoSPI — Periodic Labour Force Survey (as laid before Parliament), via Open Government Data Platform India
- State/UT-wise Details of LFPR, WPR and UR according to usual status (ps+ss) for the persons of all ages during PLFS 2023-24 — National Statistical Office, MoSPI — Periodic Labour Force Survey (as laid before Parliament), via Open Government Data Platform India
- State/UT-wise Details of Female Labour Force Participation Rate as per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) during 2023-24 — National Statistical Office, MoSPI — Periodic Labour Force Survey (as laid before Parliament), via Open Government Data Platform India
- State/UT-wise Details of Percentage of Working Female in Agriculture and Allied Sector as per Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) during 2023-24 — National Statistical Office, MoSPI — Periodic Labour Force Survey (as laid before Parliament), via Open Government Data Platform India
- State/UT-wise Details of Unemployment Rate (UR) According to Usual Status (Psss) for each Age Group - 15 years and above as per (PLFS) during 2022-23 and 2023-24 July 2022-June 2023 — National Statistical Office, MoSPI — Periodic Labour Force Survey (as laid before Parliament), via Open Government Data Platform India
- State/UT-wise Details of the Percentage Distribution of Usually Working Persons (ps+ss) by Industry of Work (Industry Sections of NIC-2008) for Each as Per PLFS Report 2021-2022 — National Statistical Office, MoSPI — Periodic Labour Force Survey (as laid before Parliament), via Open Government Data Platform India
- State/UT-wise Percentage Distribution of usually working Females (ps+ss) by broad status in Employment in Rural Areas as per Annual Reports of PLFS from 2018-19 to 2022-23 — National Statistical Office, MoSPI — Periodic Labour Force Survey (as laid before Parliament), via Open Government Data Platform India